System Features; Comparison Of Poweredge Systems; Table 2. Comparison Of Poweredge R710, R720 And R720Xd - Dell PowerEdge R720 Technical Manual

2 System features

Compared to the previous generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, the R720 and R720xd have more
drive bay options, more PCIe slots, a larger memory footprint, flexible I/O, Express Flash PCIe
solid-state drives, and advanced system management. The R720 also supports optional dual internal
RAID controllers and up to four optional internal GPUs.

Comparison of PowerEdge systems

The PowerEdge R720 and R720xd are replacements for the predecessor R710 system, three systems
which are compared in Table 2. For the latest information on supported features, visit
Dell.com/PowerEdge.

Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge R710, R720 and R720xd

Feature
Chassis
Processors
Internal interconnect
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Memory
Hard drive bays
(hot plug)
RAID controllers
PCIe slots
Express Flash drives
Embedded NICs
Power supplies
Power efficiency
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PowerEdge R710
2U rack
Intel Xeon processors
5500 and 5600 series
Intel QuickPath
Interconnect
18 DDR3 RDIMM and
UDIMM
Up to 288GB
Up to eight 2.5" or six
3.5"
PERC 6/i, SAS 6/iR,
PERC 6/E,
H200, H700, H800
4 PCIe 2.0
Not supported
4 1GbE with optional
TOE
Hot-plug, redundant
power supply units:
570W or 870W
Gold
PowerEdge R720
2U rack
Intel Xeon processor E5-
2600 or E5-2600 v2
product families
Intel QuickPath
Interconnect
24 x DDR3 RDIMM,
UDIMM and LRDIMM
Up to 768GB
Up to 16 2.5" or eight
3.5"
PERC S110, H310, H710,
H710P, H810 (external);
supports multiple (2)
internal RAID controllers
6 PCIe 3.0
Up to 4
Select Network Adapter:
minimum configuration
of 4 1Gb
Optional: 2 x 10GbE
Hot-plug, redundant
power supply units:
495W, 750W, 1100W,
1100W DC
Titanium
PowerEdge R720xd
2U rack
Intel Xeon processor E5-
2600 or E5-2600 v2
product families
Intel QuickPath
Interconnect
24 x DDR3 RDIMM,
UDIMM and LRDIMM
Up to 768GB
Up to 24 2.5"+ two 2.5"
or 12 3.5" + two 2.5"
PERC H310, H710,
H710P,
H810 (external)
6 PCIe 3.0
Not supported
Select Network Adapter:
minimum configuration
of 4 1Gb
Optional: 2 x 10GbE
Hot-plug, redundant
power supply units:
495W, 750W, 1100W, or
1100W DC
Titanium